Son of dying man to seek Ombudsman's help over building 'monstrosity'
Martin De Ruyter/Stuff Terry Grooby looks over his boundary fence in Motueka at a former classroom that blocks the sun from his home of 50 years. Knocked back by the Tasman District Council, Dean Grooby plans to ask the Ombudsman to intervene over a building in Motueka next door to the home of his dying father. Diagnosed with cancer and expected to have fewer than two years left to live, Dean Grooby’s father, Terry, 84, wanted to enjoy that limited time in his Courtney St home of 50 years but says the “monstrosity of a building” on the other side of the fence is blocking most of his su...
Source: stuff.co.nz